Key information

Destination: Northern Italy including Venice, Padua, Vicenza, Bolzano, Conegliano

Dates: 9 July - 30 July 2025

Program Cost: approx. A$4,000 + airfares

Funding: A$8,245 OS-HELP Loans are available for eligible students

Program Eligibility: Undergraduate students

Early bird application deadline: 15 December 2024

Final deadline: 14 March 2025

Overview

The Study Tour is structured around formal screenings and lectures that enhance and nourish understandings of the Creative Arts. The trip includes a school visit and interchange with the ZeLig School for Documentary, Television and New Media in Bolzano which is part of the Cilect group as well as day trips to Venice Biennale, Padua, Vicenza and The Dolomites.

Students will have physical tangible outcomes achieved through the creation of Creative Artefacts and reflection on their creative practice. and experiences. There will be an emphasis on cultural reflections and storytelling – written and visual - springing from their international experience as well as screening of Italian cinema classics from the Neo Realist era.

Itinerary / Highlights

Upon arriving in Conegliano students will be immersed in the rhythms of an Italian small town. The town is very safe and modern. A modern hospital is a 5-minute drive from our accommodation. Our accommodation is a converted 16th-century monastery with accommodation that includes ensuites with classrooms and screening rooms on the lower floor.

Date Activity
Friday July 11

Pordenone Cinema Archives TBC

Saturday July 12

Venice – Fondazione Cini & Lido TBC

Tuesday July  15 Vicenza – Palladio and the genesis of Western Theatre tradition
Wednesday July 16 BOLZANO -ZELIG FILM SCHOOL (CILECT)  TBC
Thursday July 17 Venice – St Marco & Doges Palace TBC
Saturday July 19 Cortina – hiking in the Dolomites
Tuesday July 22

VENICE BIENNALE TBC

Wednesday July 23 Padua Scrovegni Chapel – The Origin of Western Art and the Renaissance
Friday July 25 Venice – Grande Scuole – Tintoretto – The David Bowie of Italian Art and the Mannerist School

Academic Information

Which unit/s can this program be taken for as credit?

FTV20022 Film and Television Study Tour

Can this unit be taken as an elective by students in any Swinburne degree?

No

Eligibility

To qualify for this program, you must be enrolled into one of the Undergraduate courses listed below:

  • Bachelor of Film and TV (Hons)
  • Bachelor of Screen Production
  • Bachelor of Animation, Bachelor of Games & Double degree in Games and Interactivity and Animation
  • Bachelor of Arts (Literature and Creative Writing)
  • Bachelor of Media and Communication (Creative Writing and Publishing & Cinema and Screen Studies)

Eligibility will be based on GPA & a 100-word statement of intention. 

Testimonial

Take a look at this video created by a participant of the 2018 Italian Study Tour.

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Bassano del Grappa Ponte Vecchio in Veneto Region Northern Italy

Program Cost

The cost of this program is approx. A$4,000 + airfares.

See below for the list of inclusions and exclusions of the program fee.

Inclusions

  • Accommodation
  • Breakfasts
  • Welcome and Farewell Dinner
  • Ground transport
  • Travel and medical insurance
     

Exclusions

  • International airfares
  • Visa
  • Academic tuition fees (unit costs)
  • Most meals
  • Personal expenses
     

Funding

OS-HELP Loan

Eligible Australian students can apply for an Australian Government OS-HELP Loan of up to A$8,245 to help cover costs associated with your overseas program.

For more information on funding and eligibility, see Fee Help and Scholarships.

Information Sessions

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Application

Keen to apply? You can submit your application now. Applications will be assessed after the application deadline.

Early bird application deadline: 15 December 2024
Final application deadline: 14 March 2025
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Contact

For further details on this program please contact:

Vincent Giarrusso 
Tour Leader
vgiarrusso@swinburne.edu.au

Alastair De Rozario
Mobility Adviser – Study Tours
studytours@swinburne.edu.au

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